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Adderbury in the parish Church of St Mary the Virgin

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The War Memorial
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P APLIN  
S BADBY  
J BAYLIS 
A BEASLEY  
W J BENNETT 
T A BLACKWELL       
C E BONNER 
W J BUTLER   
F E COTTRELL  
W J DORSETT  
W ELKERTON  
C FISHBOURNE 
J FLETCHER  
W GARDNER 
W GIBBONS  

1914 - 1919 
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W HOOPER
E C L HOSKYNS
A H MILLER
W P MOREBY
F P NEWMAN MM
P W B PARGETER
W ROBERTS
G ROBINS
H SUMMERS
W SUMMERS
H L WALLIN
W F WILTON
C W WOODWARD
C A WYATT

 1914 - 1919 
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IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
ALL THOSE WHO FOUGHT &
FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
ESPECIALLY THOSE OF THIS
PARISH RECORDED ABOVE
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T H BAYLEY
D G BRENNAN
E CHURN
T COOK
R R DAY
W W DAY
R P S
DUNKLEY
P HARTCUP
A C KIRBY
R D S RYMAN

1939 - 1945
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The illuminated Roll of Honour
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ADDERBURY WITH MILTON
ROLL OF SERVICE
To record for all Time
The names of the men who went forth from this Parish
To serve their King and their Country in the Great War 1914- 1919

1914 
BADBY S Sgt +    Oxford & Bucks L I 
BASON J Tpr       11th Hussars
BAXTER W Pte    Oxford & Bucks L I
BAYLIS J    +      RN 
BENNETT J Pte   RDC
BENNETT W J  Lc Cpl +  Oxford & Bucks L I
BLUNT C Capt     Seaforth Highlanders
BOSCOTT A Pte  RDC 
BRITTAIN F Cpl   Oxford & Bucks L I
BROWN G Sgt     MGC
BUTLER L H Sgt  MGCavalry
CANNING H Sgt  Oxford & Bucks L I
CASTLE A Pte     RAMC
CASTLE E Pte     Oxford & Bucks L I
COBB T Pte        Oxford & Bucks L I
COOMBES ED Pte  Oxford & Bucks L I
COOMBES E Pte     Oxford & Bucks L I
COOMBES G Sgt    Oxford & Bucks L I
COOMBES T Pte     RAMC
DALE C Pte        R Lancs R
DANCE P Pte      Oxford & Bucks L I
DANCE S Cpl      FA
ELKERTON A Lc Cpl    Oxford & Bucks L I
FINCH G Cpl      Oxford & Bucks L I
FISHBOURNE C Lt-Col  + Northumberland Fusiliers
FORD F Cpl        Oxford & Bucks L I
FORD W Pte       Hamps R
FFRENCH N  Rfm Rifle Brigade
GARDNER W +    RND
GREGORY J Pte  Oxford & Bucks L I
HAYNES A Tpr    RHG
HIRONS F TPR    Devon Yeomanry
HITCHMAN M Pte Oxf & Bucks L I
HONE W Dvr       RE
HORNE F Sgt MM  MGC
HORNE E Pte      Winnipeg Rifles
HOSKYNS E LT   R W Fus
JACKMAN J M Sgt  Oxford & Bucks L I
LARNER E Stoker   RN
LOCKE H Lc Cpl  Oxford & Bucks L I
LOVESEY C Spr  RE
LYNES C Pte      Oxford & Bucks L I
LYNES E F Lc Cpl  Oxford & Bucks L I
LYNES W Trooper  QOOH
MEIKLE R W Capt  RAMC
MERRY E Sgt         MGC
MILLER A Sgt +     Oxford & Bucks L I
MOREBY J Pte       Natal Carb.
MOREBY P Sgt +   Oxford & Bucks L I
MUSSARED O  PO  RN
NEWMAN F Sgt MM +   Oxford & Bucks L I
Second column
OWEN H Pte             Oxford & Bucks L I
PARKER J Dvr           RFA
PARROTT J Sgt DCM Russian Cross of SG  MGC
PAYNTON C Sgt 1st class Stoker   RN
PEARCE W Spr         RE
PLACKETT E Spr      RE
ROBERTS W  Pte +  Oxford & Bucks L I
SLANEY R Pte          Oxford & Bucks L I
TRINDER T Pte        Oxford & Bucks L I
WAIN J Sgt             Gren Guards
WALLIN B Cpl          Oxford & Bucks L I
WAYTE J P Lt MC     Oxford & Bucks L I
WELCH F Pte           Oxford & Bucks L I
WELCH W Pte          RAMC
WEST H                  RFR
WILTON F Sgt +     R W Fus
WOODFIELD E Pte   Oxford & Bucks L I
1915
ANDREWS N M2       RASC
AUSTIN J Pte           Oxford & Bucks L I
BASON G Pte           R Mun Fus
BIRTLES H Pte         OBLI Bucks Batt
BLACKWELL H Spr    RE
BLACKWELL T Pte +  Oxford & Bucks L I
BONNER C Pte +     Oxford & Bucks L I
BORTON A Cpl         Rifle Brigade
BROWN W Pte         Oxford & Bucks L I
BRYANT C Sgt         Leics Regt
BUTLER P C Pte       R Berks R
CHURN W Pte          RASC
COTTON W             RASC
COTTRELL F Pte +      RASC
DALE R Pte             Oxford & Bucks L I
DANCE E  Tpr         QOOH
DAVIS A Lc Cpl       Oxford & Bucks L I
DRANE E Pte           RASC
FALKNER W Cpl       Glouc Regt
FINCH E Pte            RAMC
GAMAGE G Pte        Canadian Regt
GANDER C  Pte Brig Dvr QOOH
GARDNER F Pte       Oxford & Bucks L I
GIBBONS W Pte +     Oxf & Bucks L I
GREGORY F Pte       MGC
GREGORY L Pte       Hamps Regt
HAYNES C Tp          Dragoon Guards
HAWKINS G Spr      RE 
HAYWARD E Pte      Oxford & Bucks L I
HITCHMAN C Pte     RASC
HONE H Lt              RE
HORNE A AB           RN
KEYTE E Sgt MM     Canadian R
Third column
KEYTE C Pte           HAC
LOCKE J Cpl           Oxford & Bucks L I
MAWLE S Pte          Royal Fusiliers
MOREBY T Pte        RASC
NEWMAN C Spr MM RE
PARGETER P Tpr + QOOH
PAYNTON G Stoker RN
PINCHIN E Cpl        QOOH
QUARTERMAN R Pte Oxford & Bucks L I
SPRAGGETT D Lc Cpl RASC
SUMMERS W Pte + R War R
WALLIN L H Sgt       QOOH
WELCH A Pte          Oxford & Bucks L I
WEST J Lc Cpl         Hamps Regt
WYATT C Pte +      Oxford & Bucks L I
WYATT W Pte         Oxford & Bucks L I
1916
ADKINS C R 1st cl Stoker  RN
APLING P Pte +    Oxford & Bucks L I
BADBY J Pte           Labour Corps
BASON C Lc Cpl     Worcs Regt 
BEASLEY R Cpl M   RAF
BEASLEY F Gnr      RGA
BEASLEY A  A B +  RND
BILLING F Gnr       RFA 
BLACKWELL F Spr  RE
BOSCOTT A Pte     RASC 
BRAY H OS 1         RN
BRAY H  AMI          RNAS
BROWN A Pte        Oxford & Bucks L I
BROWN C Lc Cpl    Oxford & Bucks L I
BRYANT H TRP 1st  Life Guards
BUTLER W J Pte + R W Surrey R
COLEMAN C  LA      RAF
COLLINS A Pte       Glouc Regt
DALE H Pte             R W Surrey R
DALE H E Pte          R War R
DALE W H Pte         MGC
DORSETT W Pte + Oxford & Bucks L I
FINCH A Pte           London Regt
FLETCHER J Pte + Worc Regt
FORD C Pte            Oxford & Bucks L I
FORD H Pte            Midd’x Regt
FORD R Pte            Oxford & Bucks L I
HONE J Sgt            Oxford & Bucks L I
HONE W Pte           Midd’x Regt 
HOOPER W GNR + RGA
HUMPHRIS G AM1   RAF
KEYTE Ed  Pte        RASC
LETHERBARROW P Spr  RE
LYNES J Pte           R Berks R
Fourth Column
PAYNTON G Pte     Oxford & Bucks L I
PAYNTON T Pte      R Berks Regt
PAYNTON W AB     RN
PEARSE G Spr       RE
PLACKETT A Pte Serb RASC
POLLARD H Rfm     KRRC 
ROBINS H Dvr        MGC 
ROBINS G Pte +    Gloucs Regt
SHIRLEY F Gnr        RGA
SLANEY C Pte         Oxford & Bucks L I
STILGOE H Pte        Oxford & Bucks L I
STOCKFORD A Pte   R War Regt
STREVENS H           RN 
SUMMERS H Pte +  Oxford & Bucks L I
TRINDER S Pte         R Berks Regt
WAIN H Pte              R Berks Regt
WALLIN L Pte +         1st Border Regt
WALTON C Rfm         KRRC
WELCH J Lc Cpl          Manch Regt
WOODFIELD A Pte      Devon Regt
WOODWARD C Pte + Oxford & Bucks L I
YATES J Spr               RE
1917
ADKINS J Pte              R Berks Regt
BLOXHAM H Lc Cpl       L’pool Regt
ELKERTON W Pte +    Glouc Regt
FALKNER J                  RE
HEATH T Pte                RASC
ILOTT T   OS               RN
JOHNSON H A              Devon Regt
MERRY J Pte                Devon Regt
OTTAWAY A Pte           RASC
PARGETTER R Lc Cpl  +  R Berks Regt
PARKER P Pte              RMLI
SUMMERS H Pte           Labour Corps
TIMMS H  Lc Cpl           Labour Corps
TIMMS J Pte                 Somerset LI
WALLIN O AM               RNAS
1918
BENNETT G Gnr         RGA
BENNETT M Pte          Devon Regt
BROWN J  Gnr           RFA
CASTLE E Pte            RAF
FORD C Pte               R Staff Regt
JACKMAN C Pte         Gren Gds
LOCKE G Pte             R War Regt
NEWMAN A Sgt          R War Regt
PARROTT J Pte          RAF
ROBINS R Pte            MGC
SLADE E Pte              RAF
WALTON H Pte           MGC
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Cecil Kirby WW2
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James Fletcher WW1
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Frank Newman WW1
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Albert Miller WW1
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Plaque to Edwyn Cecil Leigh Hoskyns

OF YOUR CHARITY
REMEMBER BEFORE GOD
EDWYN CECIL LEIGH HOSKYNS
LIEUT ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS
KILLED IN BATTLE NEAR YPRES
SERVING WITH HIS REGIMENT
IN THE SEVENTH DIVISION
ON OCTOBER 20TH 1914
AGED 24 YEARS
ONLY SON OF
SIR LEIGH HOSKYNS BART
AND FRANCIS HIS WIFE
OF COTEFIELD IN THIS PARISH

DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI
The Fallen from WW1

Percy APLING
Private, 5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no. 22897
He was killed in action during the Battle of St Quentin, in the Somme, on 23 March 1918. He was 41.
He was the son of William H and Louisa S Apling
He is remembered on panel 50 and 51 of the Pozières Memorial

Samuel James BADBY
Sergeant, 1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 17 Brigade, 6th (Poona)
Division.  Army no. 6011
He was killed in action on 22 November 1915 in the Mesopotamia Campaign against the Turkish Army.  He was 38.
He is remembered on panel 26 and 63 of the Basra Memorial 

John William BAYLIS
Cook's Mate, HMS Natal, Royal Navy. RN M/5917
He was killed on 30 December 1915. He was 20
He was the son of Alfred and Eleanor Baylis
He is remembered on panel 12 of the Chatham Naval Memorial
Additional information
On 30 December 1915, HMS Natal, was lying in Cromarty Firth. Shortly after 15.20 hours violent explosions tore through the ship. She capsized within minutes. The exact number of casualties is still debated and ranges up to 421. Some were killed in the immediate explosions, others drowned as the ship capsized, others succumbed to the freezing water. 
The most probable explanation of this tragic loss of life was that a fire had broken out that had ignited a magazine. There was a huge speculation about the loss but underwater inspection revealed massive damage from an internal explosion. Sabotage by German agents was suspected but never proved.
 
Aubrey BEASLEY
Private/(Able Seaman), 1st Royal Marine (Anson) Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry, 188 Brigade, 63rd (Royal Naval Division). RM no. R/137 
He was killed in action on 6 November 1917. He was 24
He was the husband of Edith M Beasley, Charlton 
He is buried in grave B 126 Poelcapelle British Cemetery
Further information
His records reveal: Army Reserve 11 December 1915; Entered 28 August 1916; Draft for BEF 6 March 1917; joined Anson Battalion; 24 March, 9 May 1917 he suffered from Pyrexia (fever). He re-joined Anson Battalion on 30 September 1917 and was killed on 6 November 1917. 
In civilian life he was a Grocer's Manager born in Adderbury and
his name appears on the Roll of Honour, Newbottle and the War Memorial, Charlton

James William BENNETT
Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division.  Army no. 9398
He was killed in action during the Battle for the Ancre in the Somme on 13 November 1916. He was 23.
He was the son of Harry and Mary Ann Bennett of Adderbury East
He is buried in grave E 29 Waggon Road Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel

Thomas Austin BLACKWELL
Private, 6th (Service) Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 60 Brigade, 20th Division. Army no. 23643
He died of the wounds he received during the fighting at the Menin Road Ridge during the Battle of Ypres on 25 September 1917.  He was 29.
He was the son of George and Sarah Blackwell, Chapel Lane, Adderbury East
He is buried in grave VIII F 14 Dozinghem Military Cemetery

Edwin Cyril BONNER
Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no. 4297
He was killed in action on 14 August 1916 during the Battle of Pozières Ridge in the Somme. He was 20
He was the son of Edwin and Flora Bonner, High Street,
Adderbury
He is remembered on pier & face 10A & 10D of the Thiepval
Memorial

William James BUTLER
Private, 3rd/4th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) attached to 9th, 4th and 12th Divisions. Army no.
T/202301
He was killed in action during the Battle of Passchendaele on 4
October 1917. He was 21 
He was the son of James H and Susan Butler, High Street, Adderbury
He is remembered on panel 14-17 and 162-162A of the Tyne Cot Memorial

Frank Edward COTTRELL
Private, 622nd Motor Transport Company, Army Service
Corps. Army no. M2/150060
He died from natural causes on 9 September 1916
He was the son of Albert R and Sarah A Cottrell.  He was 31
He is buried in grave 3 B 15 Dar es Salaam War Cemetery

William James DORSETT
Private, 5th (Service) Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 42 Brigade, 14th Division. Army no. 235064. He was formerly with the Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars.
He was killed in action in the aftermath of the first Battle of Passchendaele on 16 October 1917.  He was 27
He was the son of James and Charlotte Dorsett of Adderbury West
He is remembered on panel 96 to 98 of the Tyne Cot Memorial

William Henry ELKERTON
Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no. 203045
He was killed in action near Ypres on 5 August 1917. He was 25.
He was the son of John and Sarah Elkerton of Adderbury West.
He is remembered on panel 37 and 39 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres

Charles Edward FISHBOURNE
Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Battalion commanding 8th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, 148 Brigade, 49th Division.
He died of his wounds on 6 October 1916 received near Thiepval in the Battle of the Somme. He was 47
He was the son of Joseph and Mrs Fishbourne of Ashfield Hall, Co. Carlow and the husband of Elizabeth L Fishbourne of Edenbridge, Kent.
He is buried in grave Officers, A 12 3 St Sever Cemetery, Rouen
Additional Information
He attended Oakham School 1879-1886 and then Trinity College,
Dublin.
He served in South Africa during the Second Boer War and was involved in the Battles of Belmont and Omdurman where he was wounded. In 1914, he was a Major and commanding the Northumberland Fusiliers depot in Newcastle according to the Oakham School Magazine and it is recorded that the 1st Battalion had landed at Le Havre on 14 August 1914.

James William FLETCHER
Private, 1st (Reserve) Garrison Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment, based at Portsmouth.  Army no. 28594
He died on 14 April 1916.  He was 22
He was the son of the late Charles and of Laura L Fletcher, White Lane, Adderbury
He is buried in the Churchyard of Church of St Mary the Virgin, Adderbury
Additional information
Jim W Fletcher was killed on 14 April 1916 at Southsea when he fell from the shafts of a wagon and was killed instantly.
His brother Jack, sister Hannah and the undertaker went to Portsmouth on 16 April and brought his body to Adderbury where he was buried on the 20 April  There is also a plaque in his memory in Adderbury Methodist Chapel. 

William Henry GARDINER
Leading Seaman, Hood Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Royal Naval Division. RN no. Ch/SS/105233 (RFR/B/8707)
He was recorded as missing, later reported as being killed in
action on 6 May 1915.  He was 29
He was the son of Polly Gray formerly Gardiner and the stepson of George Gray.
He is remembered on MR4 of the Helles Memorial   

William GIBBONS
Private, 2nd/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 184 Brigade, 61st Division. Army no. 202370
He was killed in action during the fighting for the Ancre on 28
February 1917
He is remembered on pier and face 10A and 10D of the Thiepval
Memorial

William James HOOPER
Gunner, 277th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no. 121330
He was killed in action on 24 March 1918 during the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line
He is buried in grave XII E 9, Grevillers British Cemetery 

Edwin Cecil Leigh HOSKYNS
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 22 Brigade, 7th Division
He was killed in action sometime on 20/21 October 1914 during the Battle of Langemarck halting the German rush to capture
the Channel ports. He was 24.
He was the son of Leigh and Frances Hoskyns
He is remembered on panel 22 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres

Albert Harry MILLER
Lance Sergeant, 4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and  Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army no. 200558
He died in England from natural causes on 21 September 1918. He was 24
He was the son of Thomas and Ann Miller, Aynho Road, Adderbury
He is buried in the Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Adderbury.

Walter Percy MOREBY
Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and  Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no. 9505
He was killed in action on during the Battle for Delville Wood, Somme on 30 July 1916. He was 23.
He was the son of the late Richard and of Mary Ann Moreby of
Adderbury East
He is remembered on pier and face 10A & 10D of the Thiepval
Memorial 

Frank Percival NEWMAN  MM, MiD
Sergeant, C Company, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no. 200559
He died of his wounds on 25 August 1917. It is a possibility that he was wounded during the Battle of Ypres. He was 22
He was the son of Samuel and Agnes Newman of Adderbury.
He is buried in the Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Adderbury

Percy Wallace B PARGETER
Private, 6th (Service) Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 60 Brigade, 20th Division. Army no. 32846
He was killed in action on during the Battle of Transloy Ridges, the Somme on 7 October 1916. He was 20
He was the son of Harry and Sarah L Pargeter, Mill House, Adderbury
He is remembered on pier and face 10A and 10D of the Thiepval Memorial 

Ronald Leonard PARGETER
Private, 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 25 Brigade, 8th Division. Army no. 42384
He was killed in action in the Somme on 27 April 1918. He was 19
He was the son of Harry and Sarah L Pargeter, Mill House, Adderbury
He is remembered on Panel 56 and 57 of the Pozières Memorial 

William Frederick ROBERTS
Private, 1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 17 Brigade, 6th (Poona) Division. Army no. 9394
He died from natural causes in India on 30 June 1915. He was 22
He was the son of Emily Lynes formerly Roberts, 98 Causeway, Grimsbury
He is remembered on face D of the Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial

Edward George ROBINS
Private, 1st/6th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 144 Brigade, 48th Division.  Army no. 267404
He died from his wounds on 9 September 1917. His regiment had been fighting at Ypres. He was 23 and born in Twyford
He was the son of Frank and Rose Robins 
He is remembered on panel 72 to 75 of the Tyne Cot Memorial

Harry SUMMERS
Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no. 202256
He was killed in action on 26 March 1917 as the Germans retreated to the Hindenburg Line. He was 29
He was the son of Caroline Summers, 6 Council House, Tadmarton and of the late Frederick and brother of Walter, the next entry
He is buried in grave II F 24 Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension

Walter SUMMERS
Poss Private, 2nd/7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire
Regiment, 182 Brigade, 61st Division. Army no. 306402
He was killed in action on 24 March 1918 when the Allies were crossing the Somme.  He was 24
He was the son of Caroline Summers, 6 Council House, Tadmarton and of the late Frederick
He is remembered on panel 18 and 19 of the Pozières Memorial

Harry Laurence WALLIN
Private, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment, 87 Brigade, 29th Division. Army no. 33800.  He was formerly with the Royal
Field Artillery.  Army no. 178364
He was killed in action on 19 May 1917 in the fighting in the Somme.  He was 23.
He was the son of John H and Elizabeth S Wallin of Adderbury
He is remembered on bay 6 of the Arras Memorial

William Frank WILTON
Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 15 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no. 4602
He died from natural causes on 26 December 1916. He was 39
He was the son of Charles and Sarah Wilton and the husband of Jane Wilton of Adderbury
He is buried in grave I B 23 Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt

Charles Henry WOODWARD
Private, 6th (Service) Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 60 Brigade, 20th Division. Army no. 33452
He was killed in action on 5 June 1917 fighting on the Hindenburg Line. He was 22
He was the son of James and Priscilla Woodward of Milton
He is buried in grave H 6 Noreuil Australian Cemetery

Caleb Arthur WYATT
Private, 2nd/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 184 Brigade, 61st Division. Army no. 5325
He was killed in action on 29 June 1916 in the preliminary stages of the attack on Fromelles. He was 26
He was the son of Samuel and Mary J Wyatt of Adderbury West
He is buried in grave II B 9 Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue

The Fallen in WW2

Trevor Hughes BAYLEY  
Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Martin, Royal Navy
He died on 10 November 1942.  He was 21
He was the son of Thomas Henry and Frederica Elizabeth Bayley of Banbury
He is remembered on panel 51 1 of the Chatham Naval Memorial
Additional information
He was serving on HMS Martin, an M Class Destroyer built by Vickers Armstrong and commissioned 4 April 1942.  She was lost on 10 November 1942 when she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U431 northeast of Algiers. 161 officers and men went down with the ship. There 63 survivors.

Denis Cecil BRENNAN
Sergeant (Wireless Operator, Air), 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 1604226
He was killed in action on 7 July 1944.  He was 19
He was the son of John and Violet A Brennan of Adderbury West.
He is buried in Coll. grave 8 A 1-7 Klagenfurt War Cemetery
Additional information
40 Squadron was based in Italy where it was able to add the Balkans and Northern Italy to its targets.  On 6/7 July 1944 it attacked the German fighter base at Fels am Wagram in Lower Austria. 47 bombers (Lancaster, Wellington and Halifax) attacked the base. No less than 13 of the bombers were downed by German night fighters.
Klagenfurt War Cemetery is the only War Cemetery in Austria and many British Prisoners of War are also buried there.

Edward CHURN
Guardsman, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Army no. 
2659959
He died on 23 September 1943. He was 28
He was the son of Harry and Jane Churn of Adderbury
He is buried in grave III A 43 Salerno War Cemetery
Additional information
The invasion of Italy. The 3rd Battalion landed at Salerno as part of the 201st Guards Brigade, and on 10 September it was involved in heavy and confused fighting which lasted four days, until it was established in the line of a canal four miles inland.
The circumstances of his death have not been established

Tom COOK
Flight Sergeant, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 944083
He died on 30 May 1942.  He was 22 and a native of Adderbury
He was the son of William Henry and Blanche Evelyn Cook of Avon Dassett
He is remembered on panel 73 of the Runnymede Memorial
Additional information
Tom Cook was based at Upper Heyford but they were flying from the relief airfield, RAF Barford St John, whilst new runways were prepared at Upper Heyford.  
Warrant Officer Ernest Smith, flying a Wellington from 16 Operational Training Unit at Upper Heyford, got into a spin in cumulo-nimbus cloud ten miles east of Southwold.  At 2,000 feet he ordered his crew to bale out. They were still over the sea, but three of them jumped. They had been within sight of the coast as they parachuted down but the most intensive search failed to find them.

Raymond Ronald DAY
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment. Army no. 5184270
He died on 14 March 1945. He was 24
He was the son of William H and Laura L Day and the brother of William, the next entry
He is  buried in grave 11 C 3 of the 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Berlin
Additional information
He died of Dysentery whilst he was being held as a PoW by the
Germans.  It is not clear precisely when he was captured but it was probably at a village called Cassel between 26-29 May 1940
The information does not include where he died but he was PoW number 10804 and was held in Stalag XX-A in Torun, Poland

William Walter DAY
Driver, Petrol Company, Royal Army Service Corps, 4th Division. Army no. T/66540
He died on 27 May 1940. He was 21
He was the son of William H and Laura L Day and brother of Raymond
He is remembered on column 135 of the Dunkirk Memorial
Additional information
The evacuation by sea from Dunkirk took place from 27 May to 4 June 1940.  His brother’s Regiment, The Glosters played a key role. The 2nd Battalion went to the hilltop town of Cassel and the 5th Battalion to the small village of Ledringhem. Here they were told to hold these villages to the ‘last man, last round’.
The advancing German Army were delayed which enabled over 330,000 men of the British Expeditionary Force to escape

Robert Frederick Stanley DUNKLEY
Sergeant (Air Gunner), 166 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no. 1625326
He died on 5 May 1943.  He was 33 
He was the son of Robert and Winifred Ann Dunkley and the husband of Elizabeth Dunkley of Cambridge.
He is buried in grave Coll. grave 6 G 13-19 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Berlin
Additional information
166 Squadron was based at RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire and was a bomber squadron flying Wellingtons.
On 5 May 1943, 596 aircraft - 255 Lancasters, 141 Halifaxes, 110
Wellingtons, 80 Stirlings, 10 Mosquitos - on the largest 'non-1,000' raid of the war to date and the first major attack on Dortmund. 31 aircraft were lost - 12 Halifaxes, 7 Stirlings, 6 Lancasters, 6 Wellingtons, over 5% of the force. A  further 7 aircraft crashed in bad weather at their bases. 

Peter James HARTCUP
Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Mohawk, Royal Navy
He was killed in action on 16 April 1941. He was 22
He was the son of Captain John and Violet Hartcup of Adderbury
He is remembered on panel 45, column 2 of the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Additional information
HMS Mohawk was a Tribal Class Destroyer Built by Thornycroft and commissioned on 7 September 1938. She was lost on 16 April 1941
On 10/11 April 1941, she and HMS Jervis, HMS Janus and HMS Nubian arrived at Malta.  On two night patrols nothing was sighted, however, on 15 April, Allied reconnaissance located a Tripoli bound convoy off Cape Bon and a battle ensued.
During the action, Mohawk evaded a bow ramming by a German
merchantman.  Just as the destroyer opened fire, she was hit on the starboard side by a torpedo from the Italian destroyer Tarigo. The whole of the stern from the superstructure aft was blown away and Mohawk was awash as far as 'X mounting. The crew of 'Y' gun and the supply party were all killed.  'A' and 'B' guns continued firing on the merchantman and set her on fire despite being motionless in the water. Just as the destroyer made an attempt to get under way, a second torpedo arrived hitting portside. No. 3 boiler burst, scalding people on deck. The centreline of the upper deck opened, allowing the torpedo tubes to fall into the engine room and crushing the watch below.
Immediately HMS Mohawk started to sink. All remaining hands were called to deck. Within a minute, she was listing heavy to port, rolling over until she lay on her side. Six 'Carleys' managed to float clear but most of the crew were left in the water as Mohawk sank. Her stern touched bottom with her fo'c'sle above the surface. Survivors were picked up by HMS Nubian. 41 of the
crew were killed.

Arthur Gerald KIRBY
Fusilier, 8th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Army no. 14645228
He died on 16 February 1944 in the 2nd Battle for Monte Cassino. He was 20
He was the son of Frederick J S and Elizabeth E Kirby of Twyford Wharf and the brother of Cecil
He is remembered on panel 5 of the Cassino Memorial

Cecil Ernest KIRBY
Trooper, 49th (West Riding) Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. Army no. 2618216
He died on 23 November 1944. He was 24
He was the son of Frederick J S and Elizabeth E Kirby of Twyford Wharf 
He is buried in grave 4, Row 2 Maasbree Roman Catholic Cemetery, Holland
Additional information
His unit had landed in Normandy in June and fought its way north through Belgium to Holland. It was the first unit to enter Amsterdam
Banbury Guardian Thursday December 21 1944.
Death of C. E. Kirby
We regret to announce that Mr and Mrs F Kirby of Twyford Wharf
have received notification that their son Trooper Cecil Ernest Kirby was killed in action in November. He was very well known and liked in Adderbury where he was once a member of the Parish Church.
He had five brothers with the forces.  The youngest Private Arthur Gerald Kirby of the Fusiliers has been missing since February last. Three other brothers are still serving with the forces and the
fifth has been discharged.


Richard David Sutton RYMAN
Petty Officer Stoker, HMS Hunter, Royal Navy. RN no. D/K 60390
He was killed on 10 April 1940. He was 39  
He was the son of Philip and Annie Ryman and the husband of Lily Ryman, Adderbury
He is remembered on panel 40, column 2 of the Plymouth Naval
Memorial
Additional information
HMS Hunter was part of the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla in 1st Battle of Narvik. She, with HMS Hardy, HMS Havock, HMS Hostile and HMS Hotspur carried out a successful attack on German destroyers. Two of these German destroyers, Anton Schmitt and Wilhelm Heidkamp were sunk as well as several merchant ships.  
On withdrawing to sea the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla met further German destroyers and in a brief action HMS Hardy was badly
hit from gunfire from the destroyer Georg Thiele. Out of control, she drove ashore on the southern side of the fjord.
HMS Hunter was also badly damaged by the German destroyers and a collision with HMS Hotspur did the rest. The ship sank in the centre of the fjord in position 68º20'N, 17º04'E with heavy loss of
life.
The BBC reported on 5 March 2008:
Sunken WWII ship found in fjord 
The wreck of a Royal Navy destroyer has been found in a
Norwegian fjord, 68 years after she sank during battle. HMS Hunter has remained undisturbed since April 1940 when she sank, killing 110 people during the Battle of Narvik.
It was found 305m (1,000ft) under water by a Norwegian mine
control vessel on a multinational training exercise.
The site will be marked as a war grave on Saturday. Major General Garry Robison said finding HMS Hunter had been a "poignant moment".
HMS Hunter was one of two Allied destroyers lost during the first Battle of Narvik - the Germans lost four destroyers. 


The Fallen in WW1 who are not on the War Memorial

Walter Cave FINCH
Bombardier, 128th (Oxford) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison
Artillery. Army no. 291512
He was killed in action 20 September 1918. He was 43
He was the son of James and Harriet Finch of Adderbury and the
husband of Elizabeth M Finch, 11 Poplar Road, Botley, Oxford.
He is buried in grave II B 3 Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension

Rayleth Nayamon (Ray) HAWKINS
Private, 99th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Army no. 66560
He died on 19 February 1916. He was 24
He was the son of William G and Hannah E Hawkins, 5 Station Road, Stechford, Birmingham. He was born in Adderbury    
He is buried in grave A 17 27 St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen

John Ernest MUNDY
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. Army no. 18758
He was killed in action on the Somme on 3 June 1917. He was 22
His parents were Albert T J & Caroline Mundy of the Paper Mills, Adderbury
He is buried in grave III K 24 Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arlux en Gohelle

James Henry WALTON
Private,1st/4th Battalion, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 145 Brigade, 48th Division. Army no. 200188.
He was killed in action on 13 August 1916 during the Battle of
Pozières Ridge on the Somme. He was 37.
He was the husband of Catherine Walton of Banbury
He is buried in grave 10 D 8 London Cemetery and Extension,
Longueval. 

Joseph Arthur WELCH
Corporal, The Manchester Regiment. Army no. 43091.
He died on 31 July 1919, either from his wounds or from natural
causes.  His burial in Adderbury indicates that he died within the
UK.  He was 23.
He was the son of Joseph and Ellen Welch of Adderbury 
He is buried in the Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Adderbury.

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